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Show FINN CROWN GOES TO DUKE ADOLPH Mecklenburg-Schwerin Prince Accepts Tender From Delegation From Landtag. PAETS, July 27. The crown of Finland Fin-land has been offered to Duke Adolph 1'riedrioh of Meckledburg-Sehwerin, and he has accepted, says a Zurich dispatch dis-patch to Le Journalc. The offer was made by a deputation from the Finnish landtag. The duke will return with the deputation aboard a Finnish -warship. The coronation, the dispatch adds, will take place within a few weeks. Duke Adolph Friedrich was born in Schwerin in 1S73. He is a colonel iu the Prussian guard and served for a time as fjvernor of Togoland. The duke is an uncle of the reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and' is unmarried. |